Ever wonder where all the cool old cars have disappeared to? If the videos we’ve seen over the past couple of days are any indication, they’ve all been shipped to Scandinavia. Yesterday we had some crazy Finnish drifting and today we’ve got the 2009 Hot Rod Reunion at Malmby Fairground. This cruise and drag day looks like a condensed version of Woodward Avenue. Except that is for one crazy VW that just may be the lowest low rider ever.

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What do you combine an old French car that’s been rodded with an old German steam engine? You get the makings of a pretty cool photo shoot. Throw in a talented video guy and a turntable for said steam engine and you’ve got one wicked video!

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Think street racing is a new problem? Think again. The youth of today have been ripping up the streets since they were the youth of yesterday. Your parent’s parents terrorized their towns in their beaters just as the neighbor’s kid in a clapped out Civic blasts down your street. Coffee can tailpipes? Grandpa did it with no muffler at all.

Back in 1952, The Man put together this wonderful little video aimed at getting the hooligans off the street and onto the strip. More specifically onto the salt.

A great video courtesy of Ryan at The Jalopy Journal. Be sure to watch in full screen to take advantage of the great quality copy.

While the kids might disagree, the tuner car culture has it’s roots firmly planted in the history of hot rodding. Take a run of the mill car, tear it apart and tweak it till is suits your own vision. The styles and the canvas may have changed a bit, but the substance remains the same. Fortunately for all of us, there are some amongst us who are still envisioning classic style.[Read more…]

So you’re building up that old skool rod. You’ve got the lump between the rails and that pair of sweet looking Stromberg 97’s are perched on top. There is only one problem: You need to get the fuel from the lines into the carbs.

Our west coast rodder, Aaron Von Minden of Savage Speed Garage has teamed up with Fox Valley Hot Rods to offer these CNC machined, brass banjo fittings to get the juice to the throats. You can order them directly from Aaron at Avonmindendesign at gmail.com for $30 each.

Speaking with Chip Foose the other day reminded me that I haven’t gotten around to posting the pics Aaron Von Minden sent of Live Wire. Back in the fall, we showed you Piero DeLuca’s Ford Coupe in the early stages at the Savage Speed Garage. The months of work leading up to the 2008 Grand National Roadster Show have paid off and Live Wire won 4 awards! Nice work guys!

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During the early moments of performance vs. strict emission standards, the emissions won out and performance enthusiasts were faced with a slew of overrated blow hard vehicles that had much more bark than bite. But that did not stop Hollywood from using the magic of cinematography to make these cars into classics in our own hearts… and hey, they still are kind of cool even today despite their short-comings!

The 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am from Ã¢â‚¬Å“Smokey and the BanditÃ¢â‚¬Â-

This sleek black curvaceous classic body style of the 77′ Trans Am had a beautiful 6.6 liter engine and a slick looking shaker hood scoop to boot. Unfortunately, this was back in 1977, which was the golden era in engine humiliation. This beast pumped out a putrid 200 horsepower with the optional W72 engine. The standard L78 was rated at an even more embarrassing 180 hp. It was still a beautiful car and made some breathtaking scenes laying some thick rubber during some of the movies highlights.

1981 De Lorean DMC-12 from Ã¢â‚¬Å“Back to the FutureÃ¢â‚¬Â-

The movie version may have ran off of a 1.21-gigawatt nuclear/electric hybrid with a five-speed manual, but the actual car had a 2.8-liter Peugeot V6, which certainly could have used the extra nuclear waste to propelled it off the line beyond that of a Volkswagen Van. It was truly amazing to witness this car on the big screen make it up to 88 mph on several occasions on motor alone without a steep hill, a strong tailwind, and Carl Lewis pushing it. But all jokes aside, the gull-wing doors were certainly a nice touch, as well as the stainless steel (unpainted) body panels.

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For those who just can’t get enough kool in their lives, we can be thankful for the lens of Coop. Yesterday was So-Cal Speed Shop‘s Hot Rod Halloween Party and Coop was there to document the gathering on digifilm. As always, the images are awesome! To get the full deal, visit Coop’s Flickr page. If you are a Flickr user with your safe search turned off, you can also check out Coop’s other fun goodies.

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While we’ve had lots of west coast news thanks to Gary Faules and Lucky, it’s been a while since we’ve had any updates from Aaron Von Minden. While I’m sure things at Designworks are keeping him on his toes, it’s the stuff coming out of SSG that we’re interested in and it seems that things have been humming along quite nicely in the home of Savage Speed.

The smokin’ kool Ford above (and after the break) belongs to Kort Neumann, who is a designer at Honda. With designers who drive stuff this cool, maybe there’s some stylistic hope for Honda yet. Let this man design the next Ridgeline. Aw hell, let Von Minden have at it too![Read more…]